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How
to get the pictures on your desktop...
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Please remember:
The BBC grants permission to use these images ONLY as wallpaper. Please
don't use them for any other purpose or on other websites.
Windows
(Internet Explorer and Netscape)
1. Select
the dimensions of the picture most appropriate for your screen resolution.
2. Open the picture and right click on the image.
3. Choose 'Set as Wallpaper' from the menu that appears.
Macintosh
system 8.0 and above
1. Select
the dimensions of the picture to download for your screen resolution.
If in doubt, select the largest picture, as your Macintosh will adjust
the size of the image to fit your desktop.
2. Click on the link to that image and hold down the mouse button. Select
'Download Link to Disk' (Explorer) or 'Save Link as' (Netscape). This
will download the pictureto your computer. Remember where you save it!.
3. Open the 'Appearance' control panel and click on the 'desktop' tab.
Then drag the newly downloaded picture onto the image of the screen.
Click on the 'Set Desktop' button and close the control panel.
Macintosh
system 7.6 and below
1. Select
the dimensions of the picture to download for your screen resolution.
If in doubt, select the largest picture, as your Macintosh will adjust
the size of the image to fit your desktop. Click on the link to that image
and hold down the mouse button. Select "Copy" (Explorer) or
"Copy this Image" (Netscape) from the menu that appears.
2. Under the Apple menu, find the 'Control Panels' menu. From this submenu,
select 'Desktop Patterns'. The 'Desktop Patterns' control panel will open.
3. Under the 'Edit' menu at the top of your screen, select 'Paste'. The
picture should appear in your 'Desktop Patterns' control panel.
4. Click the 'Set Desktop Pattern' button
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